'Magistrate Perceived Her Disoriented State Of Mind As A Personal Affront': Lawyers From Across The Country Appeal To Patna HC CJ To Intervene In Remand Of Rape Survivor [Read Letter]

A group of lawyers from across the country have written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, pressing on the need for urgent and systemic changes in the treatment of survivors of violent sexual crimes in the Araria District Court, Bihar. The letter has been written in the backdrop of a 'disturbing incident' whereby a Judicial Magistrate remanded a gang rape...